Keith Wagstaff

Keith Wagstaff is a writer at TIME’s Techland covering the web, robotics, and internet security and privacy. He lives in Brooklyn, NY, where he indulges in such analog activities as eating copious amounts of cheese and reading books made out of paper.

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Synchronized Robots Dance to ‘Thriller’

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These robots aren’t just some animatronic dance troupe from an amusement park; no, these machines can actually judge if they’re a step or two behind the rest of the dancers and catch up.

Street Light of the Future Would Provide Wi-Fi, Cell Coverage and More

Martin Tessler, Mathew Bulford / V-Pole

Think of the V-Pole as a smart street light equipped with an LED light bulb and capable of providing Wi-Fi, improving cellphone service and charging electric cars.

Facebook Releases New Instagram-Style Photo App for iPhone

Facebook

Hey, remember when Facebook bought Instagram for $1 billion? Well apparently buying the number one mobile photo app on the market isn’t stopping the freshly IPO-ed Facebook team from releasing a similar app of its own.

Most Necessary Invention Ever: DIY Commodore 64 Bass Keytar

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Last weekend at Maker Faire Bay Area, electrical engineer Jeri Ellsworth unveiled the next revolutionary piece of technology: the Commodore 64 bass keytar.

Overhauled Google iPhone App: Full-Screen Image Results, Faster Search

Google

Google’s overhauled iPhone app promises faster search results and more.

Glasses Could Help the Blind See like Geordi La Forge in ‘Star Trek’

Al Jazeera / YouTube

The Monash Vision Group is working on a pair of ordinary-looking glasses outfitted with two digital cameras that will let the wearer “see” whatever the glasses are pointed at.

How Insect-Inspired Legs Could Help Robots Walk on Asteroids

JPL / YouTube

While a James Cameron-backed asteroid mining company might have an abundance of money and imagination, the actual technology to mine asteroids doesn’t exist… yet.

MIT Scientists Figure Out How to Get Ketchup Out of the Bottle

Ryuhei Shindo / Getty Images

In a boon for burger fans everywhere, impatiently tapping our ketchup bottles might be a thing of the past thanks to something called LiquiGlide.

New Details About Apple’s Upcoming ‘Spaceship’ Campus Revealed

Apple

Remember Apple’s futuristic “spaceship” campus? Well, it looks like it’s gone beyond the fancy renderings stage to the ask-the-neighbors-for-permission stage.

Grading How Well Companies Are Cooperating with ‘Do Not Track’

David Paul Morris / Getty Images

Remember “Do Not Track,” the initiative in the White House’s Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights that called for an opt-out button for users who don’t want to be tracked by different sites? Well, it’s still alive and it has an influential new supporter.

Report: Amazon to Sell Ads on Kindle Fire Welcome Screen for $600K

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Kindle Fire owners could soon be seeing something new when they turn their tablets on — ads.